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The Appaloosa horse
Appaloosas classically display a mottled coat, white sclera (the bit of the eye around the cornea) and striped hooves.
The history of this attractive horse is not fully understood. There is plenty of evidence that spotted horses were established in a number of countries in Asia, and historians have found cave paintings dating back to 18000BC clearly showing spotted horses that may be forefathers of the modern appaloosa. It is quite likely that the mottled pattern was originally a type of camouflage, serving a similar purpose to the zebra's stripes.
The modern Appaloosa descends from horses carried to America by early settlers. These were passed on to the Nez perce indian tribe, who expertly turned them into the first-rate horses that we know today.
Appaloosas were in the first instance called the "Palouse horse", even though gradually its name was changed into the present-day rendering, "Appaloosa".
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